Wednesday, November 27, 2013

The
Legend of Koolura
tells the story of the metamorphosis of a pre-teen girl with
extraordinary psychic powers overcoming a stalker bent on her
destruction.

She
has the ability to dematerialize at will and reappear where she
chooses. She can move objects with her mind and she can even defy
gravity!

In
book one of the series, a degenerate, determined to retrieve
Koolura’s unrealized cool powers and hurt any of her friends who
get into his way, is stalking Koolura.

In
book two, Koolura
and the Mystery at Camp Saddleback, just
released by Solstice Publishing, Koolura
wakes up after her first night at camp drained and powerless. Who or
what has stolen her psychic powers?

As
Koolura searches for the truth about her power loss, she and the
Chumash Girls have to deal with pranksters ruining their cabin and
destroying their summer. Campers plan revenge but problems escalate
as lives are threatened. Will Koolura and the Chumash Girls solve the
mystery at Camp Saddleback?

Let’s
look in on Koolura the morning of her second day at camp:

Excerpt:

In
the morning Koolura awakened to the chatter of voices. Andrea,
dressed in a camp shirt with blue shorts, was heading out the door.
Linda exited the bathroom giving Koolura a happy wave.

How
can everyone be so cheerful? I feel as if I slept on a log. It must
have been the nightmare about being chased.

Across
the aisle, Leila slept. She
could probably sleep through an earthquake.

Koolura
padded into the empty bathroom. With
no one in sight, she hooked her mind around the bar of soap three
feet away willing it to float toward her. But nothing happened. She
focused on the faucet over the sink to turn it on, but no water
appeared. Panic filled her mind.

What’s
the matter? I was able to do it last night.

Koolura
tried to float, but remained anchored to the bathroom floor as if
lead filled her PJ’s.

Michael
L. Thal, an accomplished freelancer, is the author of The
Legend of Koolura and
Goodbye
Tchaikovsky.
He has written and published over eighty articles for magazines and
newspapers including Highlights
for Children,
The
Los Angeles Times, and
San
Diego Family Magazine.
Michael’s current project is book three in the Koolura series,
Koolura
and the Mayans. You
can learn more about him at www.michaelthal.com.

Michael
lives in Sherman Oaks, CA. He's
the proud father of two adult daughters, Channie and Koren, and the
grandfather of Arielle and Shaye. You
can reach him at michaelthal@sbcglobal.net.

Friday, November 22, 2013

Manhattan District Attorney, Lauren
Taylor, is about to take on the most important case of her career, prosecuting
Gino Valdina, acting mob boss of New York’s most influential crime syndicate.

For three decades, Gino Valdina has led
New York’s Valdina crime family. Since his recent indictment for murder, the
leadership of the family is in turmoil, appalled by the death of one of their
own, Gino’s wife, Madelina. Without the support of the family behind him,
Valdina will do anything to save himself.

But Lauren soon discovers, things aren’t
always as they seem when she’s tossed into a mystery, a deadly conspiracy that
reaches far beyond the criminal underworld and a journey into the past makes
her a target…and anyone she’s ever loved.

Excerpt

Eric slowed the Mustang to a crawl and searched the street for his
informant, Jimmy Flame. This part of Brooklyn had it all—garbage, graffiti and
gangs—a snake pit where debts were paid in blood. As it turned out, he spotted
the lanky twenty-something-drug-dealer strolling up the sidewalk.

Eric didn’t trust the scar-faced kid dressed in clothes three sizes
too big, but Jimmy knew the streets and somehow stayed clear of the gangs. A
real miracle. He also knew Jimmy would be discreet, if he knew what was good
for him.

Eric pulled the car over and stopped. Jimmy looked him square in the
eye, turned, and kept walking.

Eric jumped out of the car and snatched the back of Jimmy’s shirt. “We
need to talk.” He whirled him around.

“Hey, you promised
you’d only come around at night.” Jimmy scanned up and down the street clearly
worried someone might see him with a cop.

“It’s important. Get
in.”

Jimmy hopped into the car and scrunched down low in the passenger
seat.

Eric started the engine and glanced at Jimmy’s low riding jeans. “How
the hell can you wear those baggy ass pants? They should be outlawed.”

“What man? You don’t
like my gear? These pants are cool.” Jimmy ran his hand over his knee. “What’s
so important?”

“Heard anything about
prosecutor Stephen Taylor or the new district attorney?” Jimmy kept one hand
clutched on the door handle.

Convinced the kid might bolt if he had the chance, Eric sped up.

“I ain’t heard nothing
on the DA, but—”

“If you know something,
spit it out. I’m not in the mood for games.” Eric looked at him. Jimmy’s shaved
head glistened with sweat in the early morning sun.

“Man you’re gonna get
me killed.” Jimmy sank back into the seat, his fingers tightened around the
handle of the door. “Some dude was looking for someone to put the scare into
Taylor and the DA. I never saw him, but one of my boys told the guy to hit the
road. The deal didn’t smell right. Something was way off.”

“How did Paul Cassico
end up dead?”

Jimmy lit a cigarette and took an extra-long drag. “Cassico is a
small-time bookie, you know, neighborhood shit, horse races and fights. Valdina
learned the guy would be cooperating with the feds so Valdina had one of his
crew take him out.”

“Did Cassico ever
mention who killed my father?”

“The stupid shit went
around flappin’ his gums. Said he knew who shot the cop in the warehouse drug
deal. He also said he’d make a large stash when he went to the cops.”

Eric could tell by the quiver in the kid’s voice, he was scared.
Something he’d never seen before. “Has someone threatened you?”

“Not yet. They will as
soon as I start asking questions.”

“You’re smart. You’ll
find a way to get the info. Besides, if you piss me off, I’ll drag your
drug-pedalling ass off to jail. You understand?”

Jimmy remained silent for a moment. “Man, you’re a hard-ass.”

“Find out what you
can.” Eric steered the car into an empty parking lot and tossed fifty bucks at
him. “I’ll be back in a couple of days and watch your back.”

As Eric pulled away, he heard Jimmy call him an asshole. Okay, he
deserved that. And yeah, he was tough on the kid when he needed to be. It was
all part of the job. He liked Jimmy, but he’d never admit it. From what he just
witnessed, Jimmy was scared shitless and that worried Eric even more.

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Kim Cresswell resides in Ontario, Canada.
Trained as a legal assistant, Kim has been a story-teller all her life but took
many detours including; working in legal and adult education before returning
to her first love, writing.

LETHAL
JOURNEY was a finalist in From the Heart Romance
Writers (FTHRW) Golden Gate Contest (2003).

Her action-packed thrillers have been
highly praised by reviewers and readers worldwide. As one reviewer said,
"Buckle up, Hang on tight!"

Kim recently entered the True Crime
arena. Her latest story about accused Canadian killer, Cody Legebokoff, will be
featured in Serial Killer
Quarterly, a new e-magazine published by Grinning Man Press which
debuts in December 2013. Her short story collection, Real Life Evil - A True Crime Quickie
will release in January 2014.

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

One by one, the residents of Landry, Georgia
gave up on finding Lyssa Winders alive. It had, after
all, been fourteen years since she vanished.
The men who invaded her home left behind the bodies of those she loved with all
her heart. Only one person never gave up
and still searches for Lyssa. Kyle Tinker
battles his own demons from that night, when he hid like a coward instead of runningfor help. Their eighteenth
birthday looms on the horizon, and Kyle is
determined to bring Lyssa home.

Meanwhile, Kim Tinker is
having trouble understanding her dreams about
a pretty blonde girl—she has no idea that
these dreams are of her life as Lyssa Winters. She also hears a guy who has
recently started talking to her--in her head. All Kim wants is to get away from
a family which hates her, but doing it safely is the one thing which eludes
her.

On the day of the Freedom
Festival, Kyle sees the girl he never thought he'd see again. And Lyssa finds
the one person she's protected for the last fourteen years on their shared
birthday.

Excerpt:

Four-year-old Lyssa Winders landed with
a thump on her living room floor. Her bottom hurt from the hard wood, and her
head ached from all the yelling and shouting she'd been hearing. Nothing made
sense. She just wanted this to stop.

Her parents, Auntie Keisha, Nana
Brandy, and Grandpa Monty kneeled in front of her. They had their hands on the
back of their heads, and they looked very scared.

"Gonna talk now, Jack?" the
stinky man asked. Hehad carried her out of the safety of her bedroom and dumped her on the floor. "Or do I hurt your kid?"

Stinky jerked Lyssa to her feet. She
couldn't run. He held her tight in front of his nasty smelling body.

"She's just a baby," Daddy
said. "Don't hurt Lyssa. Let her go. She won't tell anyone anything."
He stared at her with scared eyes. "Right, baby? You won't say
anything." She nodded, and her daddy faced Stinky. "See, she agreed. Just
let her go."

"Nope." A man near her
laughed.

She turned her head and saw her puppy.
Rags crept out from behind the sofa. His tail stood straight in the air, and he
made growly noises in his throat.

Lyssa swallowed hard. Rags couldn't
come any closer. Stinky had a gun. He had a horribly tight grip on her
shoulder.

Bio: KC Sprayberry started writing young, first as a diarist, and later
throughan interest in English and creative writing. Her first experience with
publication came when she placed third in The
Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge contest
while in the Air Force, but her dedication to writing came after she had
her youngest child, now in his senior year of high school.

Her family lives in Northwest Georgia where she spends her days creating
stories about life in the south, and far beyond. More than a dozen of her short
stories have appeared in several magazines. Five anthologies feature other
short stories, and her young adult novel Softly Say Goodbye, released in
2012. During 2013, more young adult stories have been released: The Ghost
Catcher, Who Am I?, Family Curse … Times Two, andAmazon Best Seller, Canoples
Investigations Tackles Space Pirates, Canoples Investigations Versus Spacers
Rule, Take Chances, Mama's Advice, Secret From the Flames, and Where U @.

One
of the things I love most about winter is the time when the Olympics
come around. One of my favourite sports to watch is the ice skating,
though I do like the speed skating too. Today, I thought I’d share
a little trivia with you all and also ask, which winter sports are
your favourite and why?

The
youngest athlete to win a gold medal at the Winter Games was
15-year-old American figure skater Tara Lipinski in Nagano 1998.

Norway
has won the most number of total medals at the Winter Games.

The
first Winter Olympic female gold medalist was Herma Planck Szabo of
Austria in the Figure Skating Event in 1924.

The
first athlete ever to win five medals in one event was German luge
great Georg Hackl.

The
men's 2006 gold medal winner, Russian Yevgeny Plushenko, is the
first skater in history to successfully land a quad-triple-triple
jump combination in competition. Canadian Kevin Reynolds, 17,
achieved the feat in 2008.

According
to the National Sporting Goods Association, U.S. consumers spent
$309 million on snowboarding equipment in 2008. That's more than
hockey and football equipment combined ($249 million).

The
oldest man to receive a Winter Olympics medal is 83-year-old Anders
Haugen. The Norwegian-American actually received his ski jump bronze
medal 50 years after he competed in 1924 when a scoring error was
discovered in 1974.

Blurb:

Winter
McAndrew is on the brink of divorcing her philandering husband,
Philip, when he dies in a car crash. One year later and with
unfinished business; Philip is still earth bound and interfering in
his wife’s love life. Trying to make amends isn't always easy when
you're dead. Not only has Winter fallen for her old crush, Jack
Tobin, but he also happens to be Philip’s cousin. With more
complications than a woman needs at Christmas, Winter tries to find
peace at her holiday home in The Lake District. However, when she
finds herself snowed in with Jack; ghosts, old and new cause quite a
stir. Will Winter get her man, or will ghostly Philip put an end to
all her festive fantasies?

Excerpt:

Did
she hear them correctly? Did they really say…dead? Dead, as in door
nail? Dead, as in never coming back?

Turning
her eyes away from the thick gold band on her wedding finger, Winter
looked around the sterile white corridor; old magazines littered a
nearby coffee table, a late night cleaner erratically distributed
disinfectant onto the tiled floor with a well-worn mop; the stench
felt overwhelming. Hushed voices spoke in the reception area, adding
a stark contrast to the wailing of a distant siren. Despite the time,
she felt surprised to see the hospital in such a hive of activity.

The
phone had woken her just after three; the journey to her destination
taking well over an hour. Thick, falling, snow hampered each mile,
drawing out her distress and sense of fear. A lack of information and
worry about the unknown added to the already crushing sense of fear.
After drinking two cups of weak coffee, she watched the morning
sunrise through a nearby window, feeling the apprehension dawn upon a
new chapter of her life.

Monday, November 18, 2013

Montreal, Quebec, Canada—MuseItUp
Publishing is proud to release political pundit Jack Germond’s break out novel,
A Small Story for Page 3. Jack
completed the final edits just days before his death in August of 2013 and the
ebook released on the day of his passing. The print book will release November
6, 2013.

Tell us all about Jack and what made him tick and
what did he like doing when he wasn't writing!

Jack loved
the race track, would study the form almost as if he was studying candidates
for President.Always looking for that
Triple Crown winner – or a great President.He loved good food and conversation with friends and extending the
evening.

Tell us about your family – married?Kids?Where you live!

Jack and I
spent most of our not working time in our house in the country – on a bend of
the Shennandoah River – where the bald eagles have
returned and the sun sets like a Constable painting.

Our kids, his and mine, have grown up nicely and out grandchildren are a source
of amusement, pride and hopes.

If you could travel anywhere in or out of this world, where
would it be?

Jack loved
Scotland, French food, Lake Como
and many places.He admired the space
program but freeze dried dinner not so much.

What is the most scared Jack had ever been?

I think
when his older daughter, Mandy, was diagnosed with Leukemia.She didn’t make it.

Where did he come up with the idea for this story?

It grew
out of the many years Jack spent on the road covering politics and working for
newspapers.

What was Jack's favorite thing about writing?

Jack liked
creating the characters and letting them take on a life of their own.

Harry
Fletcher can’t for the life of him figure out what exactly the ‘nugget’ of
information his colleague, Eddie Concannon, uncovered prior to his death is.
Picking his way along the threads of information, Harry soon finds himself at
odds with government officials and his own newspaper seems to be involved in
the collusion.Join Harry as he
deciphers the clues and enjoy a journey into the world of investigative
reporting set against a colorful back drop of characters and locations.

Jack Germond (January 30, 1928 – August 14, 2013) was
a retired newspaper man, columnist and TV pundit. But like a Thoroughbred
racehorse, a reporter never actually retires—he just writes about other things.
The author brings his vast knowledge and understanding of the press and the
business of getting the information to public to bear in his breakout novel, A
Small Story for Page 3. Mr. Germond was nationally known as a bemused liberal
and was a regular on The McLaughlin Group as well as appearing on other public
affairs TV programs — CNN, Meet The Press and The Today Show among others. He
covered ten presidential elections, and with Jules Witcover wrote a book
covering each presidential election from 1980 to 1992. Timothy Crouse made
Germond a prominent figure in “Boys on the Bus” his acclaimed book on the 1972
presidential election. Mr. Germond has previously published two non-fiction
books, his memoir “Fat Man in A Middle Seat” (Random House 2002) and “Fat Man
Fed Up” (Random House 2005) a scride on the decline of politics in
the United States.
Along with Jules Witcover he wrote a syndicated column that ran in 140 papers
five days a week from 1977 to 2001.

Chris Farley once spoofed Germond on Saturday
Night Live. Germond was known for his no nonsense approach to reporting and his
love of good food, good liquor and good friends. He instituted The Germond Rule
which two generations of political reporters have adhered to. The rule
simply stated that when a group of reporters dined together the tab would be
split evenly, no matter who ate or drank more. This caused his many friends to
eat and drink defensively when covering stories and enjoying good company.

Jack
Germond was one of a kind and he will be missed. MuseItUp Publishing is proud
to publish his first and only fiction novel.

Bio on Alice Germond

Alice Germond is the Secretary Emeritus of the Democratic National
Committee. She was elected Secretary unopposed three times from 2002 to January
2013. Alice
also served on the Executive Committee, the Rules and By-Laws Committee and as
Secretary for the Democratic National Convention where she called the role of
states that determines the Party's nominee. Alice has participated in every Convention
since 1974 when the Party wrote its National Charter.Alice
currently is an elected At-Large member of the DNC and serves on the
Resolutions Committee.

Active in the Democratic Party for over 45 years, she has held leadership
positions in local, state and national campaigns including Political Director
for Clinton/Gore in CA, Deputy National Political Director for Michael Dukakis,
and Super Delegate Director for Gary Hart. In 1988 Alice
moved to Washington DC, and became Director of Political
Operations for Ron Brown's successful election as Chair of the DNC. She was
named his Senior Advisor, coordinating DNC Party Programs and was his liaison
to the 1992 Convention. From 1993—1996 she was Director of the DNC's Government
and Party Affairs Departments.

A strong advocate for issues and party values, Alice led the historic effort
to put Geraldine Ferraro on the Democratic Ticket while Chair of the National
Women's Political Caucus Democratic Task Force. During her tenure as Executive
Vice President of NARAL Pro-Choice America, Fortune Magazine ranked NARAL as
the most effective women's organization in the nation. Alice also worked for the AFL-CIO's Women's
Division and for SEIU. One of Alice's
earliest experiences was participating in Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s
"I Have A Dream" March on the National Mall.

Alice has
broad experience as a speaker and working with the press. Her op-eds have been
published by major newspapers and on the internet, and in 1995 CBS hired Alice for their special
Convention Coverage Unit. She has spoken at Party Events in 50+ States and for
the campaigns, organizations and issues with which she is identified. Her
international work includes lectures at Tsinghua
University in Beijing,
leader of two delegations to Taiwan,
presentations in Madrid, London,
Barcelona, Toronto,
the Virgin Islands and several NDI exchanges
including one for the European Parliament.

In 2013 President Barack Obama appointed Alice to the prestigious Commission on White
House Fellows where she currently serves. Prior commissions include the CA Council
on Criminal Justice (Gov. E G Brown, Jr.) and the LA Olympics Government
Affairs Committee.

Alice earned her BA from Bennington College, VT
in 1965 where she received a non-resident term scholarship and was Chair of the
school legislature.Her MS Degree in
Public

Administration/Recreation was awarded in 1977 from CA State Un. LA with
a 4.0 average.
Now living on a bend of the Shenandoah
River in West
Virginia, Alice
grows vegetables and fruits, goes running with her dog Freddy, and watches the
bald eagles who have returned to the region. Coffee on the deck, warm conversation
with many friends and visits from six grandchildren are a constant pleasure.

I never expected my first review for author Jack W. Germond to be my last, but
I guess if it has to be the last, it might as well be a top notch book to
review...and that's the case here.

Inside a major D.C. Newspaper hub where the busy world of digging out political
intrigue is daily fair that makes the headlines and sells the papers, Jack W.
Germond has created a tense, boiler pot of a story. He shows one and all the
glamour we all think the media news possesses is actually coated beneath many
layers of tarnish, some obvious, some concealed, some seedy, and some spreading
like a dry rot through the majestic limbs of our stately cherry trees.

No one alive today can look at the day-to-day business that transpires within
the Beltway and not know lies, deceit, and subterfuge play huge parts in
creating the ever shifting sands creating the foundation of politics. Jack
Germond's ace reporter, Harry Fletcher knows this seedy world very well, and
plays it with the panache of a man who's been at it for a long time.

Upon the death of his colleague and friend, Harry is given what those in the
business call a "nugget"...a story not fully developed, and told to
flesh it out...find the meat...get the story...if it really exists, but keep it
close to his chest.

Treacherous waters. Harry must swim upstream against the odds, but when he does,
who will he uncover are the real sharks waiting to tear him fin from fin?

This is a gripping story I read from beginning to end in one sitting. Mr.
Germond's story telling skills captivated and had me cheering Harry Fletcher on
as he came up against obstacle after obstacle and obstacle while ferreting out
the truth. Read more ›

Ace political reporter Harry Fletcher
has problems: a politician threatening him, a young reporter gunning for his
job, a wife having an affair and a publisher who doesn't want to print his
latest story. This first novel by veteran newsman Jack Germond gives an
insider's look at the job of journalism as Fletcher interviews sources who wish
to remain anonymous, tracks down promising leads, rallies his editors' support
and finally, confronts his boss. You'll never read a newspaper again without
thinking of this "small story" and the ethical dilemma it describes.

I love to read about politics. My
favorite political reading is a book looking back on events and giving the
big-picture story and, usually, details that didn't make the daily newspapers.
My favorite such books were written by Jack Germond and his partner Jules
Witcover, especially "Mad As Hell," about the 1992 presidential
election. Jack was also a well-known talking head (The McLaughlin Group); Jack
was the one that wasn't full of himself.

I had the great pleasure of meeting and getting to know Jack and having dinner
with him and his wife Alice over Thanksgiving weekend for most of the past ten
years or so. I was in heaven sitting at the table with Jack and hearing his
political stories. This novel (his first) was published the day he died. Not
surprising, it's about political reporters. It provides a window into their
lives and the issues they live with - what is fair to report? how does one
build a story? how does a reporter persuade people to help him get to the
truth? I suspect it also gives a good glimpse into Jack's own personal life. It
provides an object lesson in the ethics of journalism. I highly recommend it to
those who care about political reporting and/or want a good read.

Friday, November 15, 2013

Instead
of feeding her late-night appetite, a midnight food run nearly gets
28-year-old Katherine O’Brian killed. She’s the only person to
see the man who brutally murdered a local woman, and the killer is
hell-bent on making sure she doesn’t talk.

Scott
Mitchell left a broken engagement behind when he moved to Reno, and
the

last
thing he needs is more melodrama. But when he and Katherine are
paired for a college project, that’s what he gets. It can be very
distracting when someone is out to kill your lab partner. Together,
they try to figure out what the police haven’t been able to—the
identity of the murderer. Passion flares, but with Katherine’s life
in danger, romance seems like more than a bad idea.

Scott
and Katherine will face jealousy, misunderstandings, lust, and
rivals, not to

MaryAnn
Kempher's writing is infused with romance and mystery. Her love of
romance stories goes back to her teen years spent living in Reno NV
where Mocha, Moonlight, and Murder is set. MaryAnn's travels have
taken her to beautiful cities in Italy, Southeast Asia and the sultry
desert country of Qatar. She met her husband on one of her romantic
misadventures. She has two children andcurrently lives in Florida
where she and her family share their home with two dogs and a cat.
Her writing influences include favorite authors Jane Austen and
Agatha Christie. She's also a huge fan of the Hercule Poirot
mysteries. Her guilty pleasures include any and all sweets, including
a good cup of Mocha.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Blurb:
Trea Jones has always known the bitterness of bigotry and abject poverty. Her
half-Cherokee daddy disappeared thirteen years ago on the pretense of getting
milk. Mama has done nothing but mourn his loss, and she blames Trea for that.
Now that she's starting her senior year of high school, Trea hopes for something
better, but she doesn't hold out much hope.

Until …

She loosens up on some of her rules. Her guy, Dave, proves
to her that she is worthy of everything the others have. The last day of
classes prior to the winter break, she's ready to share some stupendous news
with Dave, but tragedy intervenes when her daddy texts while driving a bus.
Trea is left wondering if she can ever be free of a curse that heaps a lot of
bad luck on her whenever good things happen to her.

The text is from my guy, Dave Woods.
It's a code, a way for him to help me feel better about everything. Mostly,
it's his way of showing me that he cares.

Kitchen.
I roll my eyes. Cleaning.

Want
to come do mine?

His return text sends me into a fit of
giggles. That's something only he can accomplish.

RFS?

More code, and this one sends fear
shivers up and down my spine. I am in no way ready for school, but I'll have to
go tomorrow, no matter what.

I text him back, slide my phone into a
pocket, and open the door to a floor to ceiling pantry. To put away the last of
the dishes, I have to step into a room that is narrower than a shoebox.

The same reaction overtakes me that I
experience every single night, as soon as my foot moves through the doorway.
Cold sweat rolls down my back. I can't catch my breath, and the walls feel like
they're squeezing the life out of me.

Bio:KC
Sprayberry started writing young, first as a
diarist, and later throughan interest in English and
creative writing. Her first experience with publication came when she
placed third in The Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge contest while in the Air Force, but her
dedication to writing came after she had her youngest child, now in his
senior year of high school.

Her family lives in Northwest Georgia where she spends her days creating
stories about life in the south, and far beyond. More than a dozen of her short
stories have appeared in several magazines. Five anthologies feature other
short stories. She has four books that are Amazon best sellers: Softly Say Goodbye, Who Am I?, Mama's
Advice, and Canoples Investigations Tackles Space Pirates. Her other novels
available are: Take Chances, The Ghost
Catcher, Family Curse … Times Two, Secret From The Flames, and Canoples Investigations Versus Spacers Rule.

For the "Young At Heart"

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The Ornament

Twelve years ago Jim Rustle packed up and left his home in Idaho and hasn’t looked back. He gets quite an awakening when Lisa Parker, whom he hadn’t seen in all those years, breaks into a business meeting and uses some colorful adjectives to tell him just what she thinks of him. Sparks fly between the two when he decides to follow Lisa home and sees what has happened in his absence. Is the anger stemming from the present, or from the past? It’s Christmas time. Can an ornament from years past help heal betrayals that have festered for years?

Revenge, The Cowboy Way

This is a story of love, hate, and revenge. The question is, whose revenge is it?

Jesse's Find

In the middle of nowhere, Jesse Mason finds a horse, a woman and an infant. The horse is dead and the woman has been shot. Why would somebody shoot a woman with a baby? More to the point, were they still looking for her?

Jesse's Nightmare - Book Two of the Jesse Series

The snow continues to pound the Kansas plains in late March. Something is ripping apart the livestock and animals and Jesse comes home to find his wife and daughter are missing!

Jesse's Heartbreak

Jesse and Ginny Mason’s world is shattered when Amanda Hill comes to Abilene, Kansas to try and take three-year old Sarah away from them. Little Sarah’s father died before she was born and his family wants the girl to come to Pennsylvania and live with them, and they have the all the money and expertise they need to make that happen! The Hill’s can offer the little girl prominence and station in life, while all Jesse and Ginny have to give is their complete devotion. Which will the Judge choose – money or love?

Justice Comes To Saline

Black smoke billows and a whistle blares, as the steam engine pulls into Salina, Kansas, delivering the town’s new school teacher, Victoria Stone. The people of Salina are caring and do all they can to make Victoria feel welcome and her students are finding their way into her heart. Then there’s the town’s sheriff, Jim Timmons, who is getting under her skin and turning every emotion she has inside out. But the truth is, Salina didn’t pick Victoria – She picked the town of Salina. And in her bag, Victoria isn’t toting books and school supplies. There is a score to settle in Salina, Kansas, and nothing or nobody is going to deter her from putting things right.

WESTERN ROMANCES

DO YOU ENJOY HISTORICAL WESTERN ROMANCES?The Pioneer Hearts Facebook group is a wonderful place for historical western romance authors and readers to discuss their favorite stories, recipes and photos. Join the group at www.facebook.com/groups/pioneerhearts.

Blame It On The Cherry

Julie Reed and Will Parker are soul mates. All through their high school years they talked about and planned their future together. It only took one night to destroy all they had. Julie won’t listen and moves away. Was it Will that ruined their future, or did Julie not love him enough? When Will finds her again will she give him another chance or will his deception stay buried deep inside her heart?

Her Cracked Heart

A second chance for love with a ready-made family is at Stephanie Warren’s fingertips, but ghosts of the past have a strong hold. Will she turn her back on happiness or can somebody break through her shell and help heal her cracked heart?

At What Price

What will a grandmother do to protect the ones she loves?

The Unwanted Christmas Guest

Elizabeth McMurphy is an up and coming high powered attorney and is after vengence, involving one of the richest and most powerful families in Colorado. Steve York is an obnoxious reporter that thinks the ice queen has gone too far and does all he can to get under her skin. When one of the worst blizzards in history, hits CO and leaves a hurt Steve York, stranded with Elizabeth in a mountain cabin, will she must decide to either take care of him, or throw him out to fend for himself.

Dugan's Creek

A devastated Heather Stone is headed to her sister's house for some TLC after her boyfriend of 3 years breaks up with her. "I need space. There is no sizzle in our relationship!" As if things weren't bad enough, her car dies on a lonely stretch of highway and she starts walking. She's hot, thirsty, and her feet are getting blisters. A sign says Dugan's Creek. She finds soothing cold, rushing water.....and so much more! This story is NOT for the kids!

Solar - One Family's Reality

It was going to cost $100,000 to bring electricity to our property line. We decided it was a no-brainer to go green. This is our story of our trip down Solar Lane. The pros and cons, and facts and fallacies!

Fox Tots Publishing

For the "Young"

Below are books for the beginning reader to the middle grade readers. Fairy tales to fantasy to time travel adventures! I have stories for the kiddos in your lives! Just keep scrolling down!

For the Early Readers

A delightful American tale about five-year old Ethan who is in Ms. Johnson’s Kindergarten class. He is new to the school and has not made any friends. Ethan and Timmy, a boy in his class, get in a fight over a soccer ball and both boys are sent to talk to the principal, Mr. Glumb. There are stories about this principal – scary stories! Are they true? Ethan and Timmy are about to find out!

A Story For Beginning and Young Readers

Sammy Bear goes on a search for his lost tail. He meets new friends and eats some of his favorite meals along the way. Will Sammy Bear make it home with his lost tail? At the end of the story are a few of Sammy's favorite bug recipes. Enjoy them with mom and dad or fool your friends with some delicious, creepy, bug recipes.

The Wickware Sagas

Strange things happen in Miss Wickware’s seventh grade history class. Lights flash, electricity zaps throughout the classroom, radio turns on by itself! But the most puzzling is that some of the students are transported back in time and come face to face with the person or subject that they are to do a report on. When asked about these happenings, students just aren’t talking. Word on the street points to old lady Wickware, herself. Is magic involved? Is she a witch? Alien? Or just an old lady who is passionate about history? As I said, nobody’s talking.

Riches to Rags, Book 5 of the Wickware Sagas

Dylan Jones, seventh grader at Langdon Middle School lives the good life. His family has money. He gets most everything he wants. Even so, everybody likes Dylan ’cause he is a happy go lucky kid. Miss Wickware, his seventh grade history teacher, tells the class they will be studying the United States in the late 1800 for the next few weeks. Everybody will be expected to present an oral report on a subject that is drawn from a box. Dylan draws The Orphan Train. A penniless Dylan finds himself at the train station in New York in 1875 and he is as scared and unsure as the children getting ready to ride the Orphan Train. How will Dylan make it when money is nowhere to be found?

Bumped Back In Time, Book 4 of the Wickware Sagas

Sammy Brown, winner of the first junior sailing regatta for kids, ages twelve to fourteen, is walking on air Tuesday, after being absent the previous day, due to the race. Miss Wickware, her history teacher, asks Sammy to stay after class because she needs to draw a subject out of a box and give an oral report on the drawn subject. “UHG” History and Sammy are not friends, but her good mood won’t be dampened until a fall and a bump on the head sends her back to 1814. It’s her expertise in sailing that allows Francis Scott Key to rescue an imprisoned friend from a British ship that leads to a historic battle and a famous poem!

Flash to the Past, Book 3 of the Wickware Sagas

Snooty, popular, Kristy Sawyer and nerdy brainiac, Larry Peables find themselves back in the 18 Century and meet a Revolutionary War heroine, and take part in a famous battle!

Ride of a Lifetime, Book 2 of the Wickware Sagas

Seventh grader and school bully, Jim Abernathy, is less than thrilled when he draws a boring girl to do a report on. He quickly learns a touch of humility when he storms out of his history class and into 18th Century, New York, where he meets up with Sybil Ludington. She shows him exactly what bravery is!

Billy Cooper's Awesome Nightmare

Billy finds out, on a Friday afternoon, that an oral report will be due on Monday, on the subject he draws from a box. Who the heck is William Tell? He figures he will do a quick computer search on this guy and will breeze through on this assignment. All that changes when Billy meets 14th century William Tell face to face!

The Wickware Sagas

Kids of today find themselves back in time, face to face, with historical heroes

The Bearded Dude in the Puzzle

An ancient puzzle is found while cleaning an old home. As the Taylor family works on the puzzle, strange things start to happen. An evil presence is making its way to the Taylor house, intent on making sure that puzzle never gets put together, no matter the cost, and it’s up to Bobby and Andrea to make sure that it does!

Hike Up Devil's Mountain

Three boys only hope is the witch that lives on Devil's Mountain

Hike Up Devil's Mountain

When the school bully is turned into a toad, two ten year old boys must climb Devil's Mountain to find the only person who can help them. Will they survive the trip?

A Float Down the Canal

Pam Simpson gets dumped on when her mom is called into work and she has to cancel her plans to babysit her brother and his friend. The second bomb is dropped when Pam is informed her prissy cousin is also being dropped of for Pam to entertain. The worst day of her life, turns into a day she will never forget and it all starts with a float down the canal!

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I worked as an elementary school secretary for twenty-one years. I retired with my wonderful husband, to a fifty-four acre ranch, which is a constant work in progress. We live on solar and wind, which has been a real adjustment! On any given evening, the stars are an awesome sight and can be seen as far as the eye can see!